Queuing access to a shared power supply
First Claim
1. Apparatus, comprising:
- at least one hardware processor; and
computer memory holding computer program instructions executed by the hardware processor to provide a method of queuing access to a power supply shared by a set of electrical power access points, the method comprising;
for each access point, identifying a power draw value associated with the access point being in an on state, the power draw value associated with a load duration curve;
normalizing the load duration curves for a set of operating states of the access points to generate a probability distribution function, the probability distribution function having a set of probability thresholds corresponding to the number of operating states, the probability thresholds including at least one threshold representing a particular grade of service (GoS) at which access to the power supply should be queued; and
queuing access to the power supply when, in response to a first change in operating state, the threshold representing the grade of service is met.
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Abstract
A method of queuing access to a power supply shared by a set of electrical access points. The access points turn on independently from one another and thus have independent power draws. Each access point has a specific power draw when on. The on state and associated power draw of each of access point is identified, and a load duration curve for each access point is normalized (i.e., combined with load duration curve(s)) from the other access points) into a probability distribution function. The probability distribution function is a normalized load duration curve that thus accounts for a varying set of “operating states” that may occur with respect to the set of access points (when viewed collectively). Each operating state has an associated probability of occurrence. As the operating state of the set (of access points) changes, access to the power supply is selectively queued, or de-queued (if previously queued).
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28 Claims
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1. Apparatus, comprising:
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at least one hardware processor; and computer memory holding computer program instructions executed by the hardware processor to provide a method of queuing access to a power supply shared by a set of electrical power access points, the method comprising; for each access point, identifying a power draw value associated with the access point being in an on state, the power draw value associated with a load duration curve; normalizing the load duration curves for a set of operating states of the access points to generate a probability distribution function, the probability distribution function having a set of probability thresholds corresponding to the number of operating states, the probability thresholds including at least one threshold representing a particular grade of service (GoS) at which access to the power supply should be queued; and queuing access to the power supply when, in response to a first change in operating state, the threshold representing the grade of service is met. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A power demand management system, comprising:
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a set of switches, wherein each switch of the set of switches is associated with an electrical power access point, the electrical power access point being one of a set of electrical power access points that provide shared access to a power supply; and a power router, the power router comprising a hardware element operating software configured to; for each access point, identify a power draw value associated with the access point being in an on state, the power draw value associated with a load duration curve; normalize the load duration curves for a set of operating states of the access points to generate a probability distribution function, the probability distribution function having a set of probability thresholds corresponding to the number of operating states, the probability thresholds including at least one threshold representing a particular grade of service (GoS) at which access to the power supply should be queued; and queue access to the power supply when, in response to a first change in operating state, the threshold representing the grade of service is met. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. Apparatus associated with an electrical access point, the electrical access point being one of a set of distributed access points that share a power supply, comprising:
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at least one hardware processor; and computer memory holding computer program instructions executed by the hardware processor to provide a method, the method comprising; providing data identifying a power draw associated with the access point; periodically receiving an access priority code (APC) for the access point, the APC being one of a set of access priority codes periodically returned to the set of access points to define a relative queuing order of the access points to minimize individual access point queuing time and power draw collisions from the power supply, the set of access priority codes being derived from a probability distribution function having a set of one or more probability thresholds representing grade(s) of service (GoS) at which access to the power supply should be queued or de-queued; and enabling access to the power supply according to the APC. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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